Brighter hues are sprinkled throughout including a coral silk and hot pink bra and panty set and a cobalt blue swim set with a lace bandeau bra, which showed its versatility with removable straps and it’s appearance being pretty enough to double as a bralette.

Just having finished presenting her fourth season at Lingerie Fashion Week designer Monica Wesley explains, “Uye Surana is a blend of many elements. We offer lingerie that is pretty enough to be paired under semi-sheer tops and dresses, which we also carry alongside layerable silk slips. All our pieces have intrinsic beauty, but they have enough ease to be worn day-in and day-out.”

Brand Story

Nestled away in a building that houses artists’ studios in New York City is Uye Surana, a label that feels equally as much about lingerie and loungewear as it is about clothing. Monica Wesley, the creative thinker behind the label, keeps her line both layerable and easy-to-wear. What you will find is clothing in which you can be comfortable, beautiful, and unique – clothing in which you can be yourself.

Monica grew up fusing interesting materials together as a means of self-expression in an artistic home in Chicago with a mother and father who inherently taught her how to make things materialize in both a creative and business sense. She honed her skills at Parsons School of Design, where she graduated with a BFA in fashion after previously studying at The School of the Art Institute where she enhanced her creative development.

The name Uye Surana is an alias for Monica founded in 2010 (with its first collection in Fall/Winter 2012) from a mix of family names. The name hides the disconnect between the designer’s ethnic and cultural identity growing up in the Midwest of Japanese-Polish-German-American descent with an Anglicized last name. Many of her pieces are made in New York City and Brooklyn with specialty one-of-a-kind features. She strives to connect you to the foundation of dressing and your individuality.